Massacre of Glencoe

Massacre of Glencoe - Gaelic Mort Ghlinne Comhann (murder of Glen Coe) Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot (Clan Campbell & Lowland Scots Robert Campbell of GlenlyonClan MacDonald of Glencoe Alasdair MacIain

Result: MacDonalds massacred

Location: Glen Coe, south of Fort William. Early in the morning of 13 February 1692, in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite uprising of

The massacre began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen 'Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnaconâ' although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued.

Thirty-eight MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by the guests who had accepted their hospitality, on the grounds that the MacDonalds had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary.

Another forty women and children died of exposure after their homes were burned.